PIRATES Weeks' late home run helps key Milwaukee

It was his second big hit in as many nights for the Brewers. MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Rickie Weeks homered late to snap a tie for the second straight game, hitting a two-run shot in the eighth Saturday night to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 5-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Weeks, the Brewers' top draft pick in 2003, hit a three-run home run in the seventh on Friday night with the score tied at 4 and Milwaukee went on to beat Pittsburgh 8-4. On Saturday, Weeks ruined a sparkling major-league debut for Pittsburgh left-hander Zach Duke, who gave up three runs on five hits while striking out nine in seven innings. Salomon Torres (2-4) relieved Duke in the eighth with the game tied 3-3. Lyle Overbay singled leading off the inning and Brady Clark sacrificed him to second. Weeks followed with a 419-foot drive into the left-field bleachers and just inside the foul pole. He gave a curtain call after the third homer of his young career. Weeks has hit in 15 of 20 games since being called up on June 10. Finishing it off Derrick Turnbow pitched the ninth for his 15th save. Ricky Bottalico (2-1) pitched a perfect eighth for the win. Pittsburgh built a 3-0 lead on single runs in the first three innings, getting RBI hits from Jason Bay, Matt Lawton and Jose Castillo. Milwaukee's Bill Hall atoned for an error that led to one of the runs with a two-run home run in the fourth that made it 3-2. Hall's 13th home run was the second hit allowed by Duke. The Brewers tied it at three in the fifth on an RBI single by pinch-hitter Trent Durrington. Brewers left fielder Carlos Lee, the NL's RBI leader who left Friday night's game early with a knee bruise, started and went 0-for-4. Brewers starter Victor Santos gave up three runs, two earned, in five innings. Notes Jenkins' first-inning throwing error was his third of the season in right field. Last season, as a left fielder, he had just one error. ... The Brewers drew their millionth fan in their 38th home game Saturday, equaling the second quickest the team has hit the million mark in team history. The team needed just 31 home games in 2001, the first year of Miller Park, to draw 1 million fans. Milwaukee also topped the 1 million mark in its 38th home game in 1983 at County Stadium. ... CF Rob Mackowiak made a full-extension diving catch in right-center to retire Damian Miller in the fourth. PITTSBURGHMILWAUKEE abrhbiabrhbi Lawton rf3011BClark cf3120 Snchez 3b5110Weeks 2b4112 Mckwk cf5000BHall 3b4112 Bay lf2111CaLee lf4000 Ward 1b4020DMiller c3000 Castillo 2b3011Helms 1b3000 Cota c2100Jenkins rf2110 TRdmn cf1000Hardy ss3000 JWilsn ss3000Bttlco p0000 Ross c1000Turnbw p0000 Duke p3000VSants p1000 Hill ph1000Drgtn ph1011 STorres p0000Obrmlr p0000 Phelps p0000 Wise p0000 Ovrbay 1b1110 Totals33363Totals29575 Pittsburgh111000000--3 Milwaukee00021002x--5 E--Jenkins (3). DP--Pittsburgh 1. LOB--Pittsburgh 11, Milwaukee 2. 2B--Lawton (20), Ward (16). HR--Weeks (3), BHall (13). S--BClark. IPHRERBBSO Pittsburgh Duke753319 STorres L,2-4122200 Milwaukee VSantos563234 Obermueller100001 Phelps2-300020 Wise1-300000 Bottalico W,2-1100002 Turnbow S,15100011 HBP--by Obermueller (Lawton), by VSantos (Lawton). WP--Duke, Phelps. Umpires--Home, Bill Hohn; First, James Hoye; Second, Doug Eddings; Third, Bruce Dreckman. T--2:38. A--29,052.